CANADA: Westward Ho!.

A Vancouver Stock Exchange official watched
the frantic floor trading one day last week and murmured: "A miniature
1929." On Calgary's exchange, 1,747,284 shares were tradedan alltime
high. In Toronto, where 6,537,000 shares were traded, excitement swept
Bay Street like a prairie fire; the high-speed ticker fell 17 minutes
behind. Even in Manhattan, far from the source of the commotion, the
New York Curb Exchange exceeded the volume of the New York Stock
Exchange's Big Board for the first time on a full trading day in six
years. Oil stocks, especially Alberta's, were the riotous star
performers. The fillip...